Ebay and the US Global Shipping Program

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Originally Posted by Phil HH

Ebay has an arrangement with " Pitney Bowes an independent contractor " to provide this service. Only the most naïve would think that Ebay does not receive a percentage of the GSP shipping costs, as it does with Paypal transactions. Mentioning US Customs just seems to be a fine scare tactic to persuade purchasers to use EBay's tame shipper.

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That is who got paid my shipping. They are in Kentucky but my seller is in Oregon - so who pays to send the item to Pitney Bowes in Kentucky first before it is sent on to me.

Interestingly my seller did not know about this Global Shipping Program - it was something ebay added to the listing.

Garry

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Originally Posted by Phil HH

Would it be too cynical to think that the Global Shipping Program is yet another way for Ebay to get its hand into your pocket? Ebay has an arrangement with " Pitney Bowes an independent contractor " to provide this service. Only the most naïve would think that Ebay does not receive a percentage of the GSP shipping costs, as it does with Paypal transactions. Mentioning US Customs just seems to be a fine scare tactic to persuade purchasers to use EBay's tame shipper.

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Don't forget that E bay owns Paypal.

Once they bought Paypal kicked everyone else off the site to 'protect' their customers. Not that they had a financial interest in their own payment service having a monopoly.